Exists and must be fought.

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In science, “fake news” also

It is true that they are all the more difficult to spot and verify because they concern difficult areas. And to challenge them, you have to know the "manufacturing codes" of scientific knowledge. The damage caused by scientific "fake news" is all the more serious, as shown by the incessant but misleading debates on vaccination . Many editorial offices, particularly croatia cell phone number list in new online media, are not or no longer able to decode this false information, and as a result serve as a sounding board for it.

The “copy and paste” of scientific press releases in the media is a scourge.

It happens for two reasons. The first is the apprehension of general journalists in dealing with subjects considered abstruse. The second is probably due to reminiscences of a time when science – that of white coats – was authoritative. And when scientific communications were taken at face value.